The Sims 4 – Minimum and Recommended System Requirements for Mac

There is a big difference between the minimum requirements and recommended requirements for the Sims 4. If your game meets the minimum requirements then you should be able to play but may need to keep all in-game graphic settings on low. Bear in mind too that when EA state the requirements for Game/Stuff/Expansion Packs they are only basing this on the Pack and the base game, they do not factor in any additional Packs already installed. The more Packs you have installed, the more demands on your machine.

I have had The Sims 4 sense the release date, but I have never gotten the Settings just Right.
so I was wondering if you had any suggestions?
iMac: 21.5 inch, Late 2013
Processor: 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory: 8 GB 1600 MHz DD3
Graphics: Intel Iris Pro 1024 MB
Software: OS X 10.8.5 Mountain Lion
Hard Drive: 226.3 free out of 999.35 GB

I did that back in February, because of a editing software I wanted. but when I upgraded my Mac it pretty much Broke my Computer ): the only thing that kind of worked was The sims 4. I backed up my computer before Upgrading, so I was able to go back to 10.8.5. Thank you for the reply tho(:

Yes but make sure you don’t set the graphics options too high. If you look under the graphics drop down menu on any page on this site you’ll see a link to an Intel HD 4000 thread on the official games forum where people have posted who have the same. There ar some issues with it but the game is playable.

You need to download and install the NVIDIA driver if you want to play, EA haven’t bothered updating the game to support the GPUs. Be careful as it’s not normal practice and can cause kernel panics as the current drivers aren’t 100% stable.

I’ve ran out of space on my MacBook so I’m considering upgrading to the the 15” MacBook Pro (Early 2017) and I was wondering if you would recommend going with 500GB or 1TB storage? I don’t store much on my laptop, the thing that takes up the most is TS4, mods and CC.

I have all Sims 4 games to date (with 5Gb CC), 99% of Sims 3 plus a few other games installed on my 500Gb drive and I have 250Gb left. I also have a 60Gb Photos Library and a large Documents library too.

HI!
I don’t want to bother you but I have been playing he sims 4 smoothly up until 2 patches ago when it pretty much broke my game.

My specs are a far stretch from what’s best but I’ve been using it without problems so far.
I have a macbook pro (13-inch, mid 2008,, i know)
2.26 GHz Intel core 2 duo
2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Nividia geForce 9400M 256 MB
I have 87 GB of space (so I know that’s not a problem)
Id just like to know if there’s anything I can do to fix the lag and unplayable game or is it just game over for me?

I’m amazed that you’ve been managing to play at all – well done! The patches have probably just sent it over the edge. Your processor, RAM and graphics are well under the minimum requirements for the game. Have you set all in-game options to their lowest possible and disabled Origin in game?

Probably yes but on low settings and it will most likely struggle with all the packs installed. The game doesn’t like the Intel 4000 very much, the subsequent release of your Intel 3000 😦 Upgrade to at least Sierra too.

Hey BluebellFlora!
I realllly want to download Sims 4 and I’ve been trying to research if it would work on my old 15″ Macbook Pro (Mid 2012) (no retina display) for me to even justify spending the money on it.

I just bought a new Mac (2nd hand Mac) and discovered I can’t play my beloved sims 3 any more. With my specs can somebody tell me if I will be able to run sim4 or do I need to say goodbye to the game forever?